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15 September 2016

Baburao Puleshwar Shedmake 12.3.2009

Baburao Puleshwar Shedmakewas born on 12thMarch, 1833. In 1854Chandrapurcame under British rule. Shedmake was first to raise his voice against British rule. He usedGuerilla war tacticsagainst the Britishers. During 1857, when entire India declared war of independence against the British rule, Shedmake consolidated 500 tribal youth from the region and prepared an army and with this army he was able to captureRajghad area. When this information reached Chandrapur, theDeputy Collector,Mr. Kriktonsent British army to curb it, but nearNandgaon Bhosarithe British army was defeated. Mr. Krikton sent another troop which fought battle atSanganapurandBamanpetbut they also lost the battle.

These two victories encouraged Shedmake and he attacked telephone camp at Chinchgudi on 29thApril, 1858 in whichTelegraph Operators Mr. HallandMr. Gartlandwere killed butMr. Petermanaged to escape and reported the incident to Mr. Krikton. Mr.Krikton then used his diplomatic tactics for arresting Shedmake. On one side he askedCaptain ShakespearefromNagpurto assist him and on the other side he forcedRani Laxmi Bai,ZamindariniofAherito help them. His tactics worked and Rani Laxmi Bai conspired against Shedmake which Shedmake was not aware of. On 18thSeptember, 1858 Shedmake was arrested. He was brought toChanda Central Jail. On 21stOctober, 1858, Baburao Puleshwar Shedmake was hanged at open ground inChanda.

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I am Commodore Vijay Kapre. I am a stamp, FDC and special cover's collector. The three blogs show items from my collection, namely, foreign stamps and fdc's, Indian stamps and fdc's mainly post 1947, and about the Indian Armed Forces. The main focus is on the occasion for issue of the stamps and covers, and the special postmarks on them. I have tried to give a short brief about the Units involved in the blog for the Forces.
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